Driftglass

Live recordings of music of Chris DENCH, Liza LIM, Richard BARRETT and Alistair MacDONALD ELISION Ensemble, Sandro GORLI and Denis COHEN conductors ONE-M-ONE Records 1M1CP 1018 Total timing 58:07 Released 1992

Chris DENCH Driftglass (1991) 10:10

percussion solo and five amplified instruments Peter NEVILLE percussion solo

Liza LIM Garden of Earthly Desire (1988/9) 24:19

flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, electric guitar, harp, mandolin, percussion, violin, viola, violoncello, contrabass

Richard BARRETT Another heavenly day (1990) 7:00

E flat clarinet, electric guitar, contrabass

Alastair MacDONALD A Trace of Inifinity (1991) 16:38

flute, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, guitar, harp, mandolin, percussion, violin, viola, violoncello, contrabass and tape

We reget this disc is currently not available for commercial purchase. However, an ELISION studio recording of Chris DENCH's driftglass is available on BMG/Ariola CCD3011 Elision Ensemble, and of Liza LIM's Garden of Earthly Desire on Dischi Ricordi CRMCD1020 Garden of Earthly Desire.

Critical Acclaim

 . . .  A similar exploration of the space between inspiration and realisation is found in Richard Barrrett's cycle of pieces Fictions, one of which, Another heavenly day, for Eb clarinet, electric guitar and double bass, forms the next piece on the disc. One of the things which struck me, when hearing Barrett's new work for ELISION, negatives, earlier in the year, was the way in which he is able to extend this exploration beyond the compositional process into the actual physical production of sound on instruments in performance. This is something which comes across strikingly in this recorded live performance  . . .  so that what might at first seem an abstract philosophical preoccupation becomes a physical determinate of the sounds and the experience of hearing. This seems to me what unites his purpose most with Beckett, whose writings influence most of Barrett's music. Taken as a whole this disc resists comprehension in a way which is challenging, rewarding and stimulating. It seems that it represents some of the most original musical thought around today.

---Peter McCallum Sounds Australian, Spring 1992

Performers and Production

Paula RAE flute/piccolo, Stephen ROBINSON oboe/cor anglais, Jane ROBERTSON clarinet/E flat clarinet/bass clarinet, Brett KELLY trombone, Daryl BUCKLEY electric guitar/guitar, Marshall McGUIRE harp, Stephen MOREY mandolin, Susan PIEROTTI violin, Jennifer CURL viola, Rosanne HUNT violoncello (track 2), Diane FROOMES violoncello (track 4), Kees BOERSMA contrabass (track 1, 2 and 3), Kirsty McCAHON contrabass (track 4)

Sandro GORLI conductor (tracks 1, 2 and 3), Denis COHEN conductor (track 4)

Trevor WELLBY live concert producer, Jim ATKINS engineer, Michael HEWES and Garry HAVRILLAY concert engineers, Jim ATKINS digital editing, Stephen SNELLEMAN project producer, Richard TOOP cover notes, Alex COTTON cover design, Philip POWERS compact disc preparation

Recorded live in concert at the Beckett Theatre, CUB Malthouse, Melbourne, on 17 March 1991 (tracks 1, 2 and 3) and 19 May 1991 (track 4). Released by OMEMOME Records, Sydney, 1992. 1M1CD1019. Total timing 58:07 (DDD).